About the Authors

Elliot Marseille

emarseille@comcast.net

Affiliation Health Strategies International, Oakland, California, United States of America

Mark J. Giganti

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Albert Mwango

Affiliation Zambian Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

Angela Chisembele-Taylor

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Lloyd Mulenga

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Mead Over

Affiliation Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., United States of America

James G. Kahn

Affiliations Super Models for Global Health, Oakland, California, United States of America, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jeffrey S. A. Stringer

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Competing Interests

Elliot Marseille is the Principal of Health Strategies International (HSI), a sole proprietorship based in Oakland, California. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. HSI participated in this study under contract with the University of Alabama. It has no commercial or proprietary interests related to the methods or findings of this study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM MG MO JGK JSAS. Performed the experiments: EM MG AM AC LM. Analyzed the data: EM MG AM AC LM MO JGK JSAS. Wrote the paper: EM MG MO JGK JSAS. Reviewed draft and final manuscripts: AM AC LM.